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Cruel Acts
- Maeve Kerrigan, Book 8
- Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
- Series: Maeve Kerrigan, Book 8
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Summary
The Sunday Times best seller and winner of the Irish Independent crime fiction book of the year!
Guilty?
A year ago, Leo Stone was convicted of murdering two women and sentenced to life in prison. Now he’s been freed on a technicality, and he’s protesting his innocence.
Not guilty?
DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent are determined to put Stone back behind bars where he belongs, but the more Maeve digs, the less convinced she is that he did it. The wrong decision could be deadly...then another woman disappears in similar circumstances. Is there a copycat killer, or have they been wrong about Stone from the start?
Critic reviews
"Cruel Acts is magnificent. I've loved all Jane Casey's books but this is definitely her best one. I could not stop reading it! Utter brilliance." (Marian Keyes)
"You'll be checking the locks and looking over your shoulder after reading this one: Cruel Acts is clever, classy crime fiction with a conscience. I couldn't put it down." (Erin Kelly, best-selling author of He Said/She Said)
"Jane Casey's brilliant storytelling pulled me straight into Maeve Kerrigan's world, leaving me breathless and wanting more. Brava!" (Fiona Barton, best-selling author of The Widow)
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- Leigh ~ books.tea.and.me
- 19-04-19
Great as always
A brilliant crime novel narrated really well. This is book 8 in a series, but can be listened to as a stand-alone.
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- SandraL
- 24-09-20
Brilliant
This is the eighth book in this superior police procedural series. Jane Casey, as always delivers a well written, complex, twisty-turny tale. I say this every time I review a book in this series, but I love Maeve, and her relationship with her partner, Josh Derwent.
The narration by Caroline Lennon is brilliant and brings Maeve and the story alive.
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- Mairead Perry
- 24-08-20
Top class !
Jane Casey is absolutely the best crime writer for me so far. Don’t want the Kerrigan series to end. The plots and schemes and the sarcasm and and jokes are all amazing unexpected and nail biting, from the personal sagas to the actual criminals. The narrator is top class I can’t put the book down and can’t wait to start the next one when I finish Thank you Jane Casey 👍
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- A. McKechnie
- 04-05-19
Unbelievable and even the narrator sounds bored
This series started off as a fairly authentic police procedural. Now it has drifted into fantastically coincidental story lines and lost any sense of reality. The characters have tuned into caricatures. Even the narrator sounds like she is having teeth pulled.
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- Ann D
- 28-04-19
Another great book in the series
I didn’t like this one quite as much as the others in the series, but it is still a great listen/read. As always with Jane Casey. The characters are richly drawn and the story beautifully written. Caroline Lennon’s narration is, as always, faultless.
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- Patricia
- 28-04-22
Excellent
Well written detective novel, not just a straightforward investigation, but a re-investigation of previous crimes. Characters and plot are believable and the narration is excellent. This series involving DS Maeve Kerrigan are ideal for lovers of good detective novels abs I look forward to the next one in the series.
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- Marion G.
- 01-01-22
Surprisingly good
Well narrated and an easy listen. Nasty subjects raised and well dealt with and enough action to hold interest and look forward to the denouement but ..... a great deal of unnecessary dialogue which only served to make the novel much longer than was either necessary or essential and this spoilt it for me. Kerrigan is a feisty detective and I have enjoyed several novels that feature her but this dialogue problem occurs in all of them. Would make a good TV series.
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- Mrs. Joanna S. Minns
- 25-10-20
New Author to me
Enjoyed this book immensely. A new wrter to me. I look forward to hearing more.
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- Mrs CJ
- 13-02-20
Such a good series
However I do wish the author wouldn’t let MK keep going off on her own, without letting anyone know what she’s found out. It never ends well. Having said that I’m still looking forward to the next story!
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- Carrie
- 15-10-19
Brilliant again
Really super book, one of my favourite Maeve Kerrigan books, it was nice to have a bit of reference to Rob other than Maeve moping around as I keep hoping they will get back together or she will move on
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- BusyBee
- 30-12-19
Not as gripping with this narrator
I enjoyed the over all writing/plot/story - however, without the narration of Sara Coombs (who has read all of the other in the series) I was not as engaged as I have been with the prior books. If there is a next book with Lennon as the narrator, I may not bother with it.
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- J-9
- 16-12-19
Bring back Sarah Coomes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Caroline Lennon isn't a bad narrator, she just isn't Maeve and Derwent. Sometimes, it's difficult to tell who is speaking with Caroline's reading. She needs to better differentiate the voices. It's really unfortunate when the narrator is changed mid-series unless the narrator needed to be changed. Sarah Coomes did a great job with Maeve and Derwent and all of the other characters. I feel like I know them and to have different voices makes it very hard to enjoy the book as I would have with Sarah reading the book.
Anyway - it was a good book. I like that the characters continue to develop. We need to hear more about Derwent's relationship with Melissa. It was barely mentioned. I was surprised to see Godly so involved again. The author never explained his true role.
I cannot wait for the next book in the series - but please bring back Sarah Coomes.
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- Leila Rae Bush
- 28-12-19
I NEED Sarah Coomes back!!!
I absolutely love Jane Casey, and Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent are two of my favorite characters. I was in shock when I first downloaded this book and started to listen that Sarah Coomes had been replaced. I waited a few days, and decided to listen again to give Caroline Lennon a fair shot. I have to say my second listen, now that I was less frustrated, was a bit better, but still not great. Sarah Coomes brought Kerrigan to life, and to change narrators after 7 books is just terrible for us as listeners.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-02-20
Where is Sarah Coomes?!!!!
I love this series but why would you change the narrator? I am so disappointed!!! You can’t change the voices of the characters on the 8th book! Please have Sarah Coomes come back and redo this book and any future books.
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- Tabbi
- 16-06-20
Terrible Narration!
I’ve loved the series but this narrator is horrible! I did not enjoy this book nearly as much as the others, most likely due to the narration.
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- Wendy Ruth
- 10-12-19
Where is Sarah Coomes?
Where is Sarah Coomes? I’m sure Jane Casey has written another great addition to the series, but this replacement narrator on book 8, is not Maeve. What a disappointment. Caroline Lennon may be a great narrator for other series/books but not for this one.
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- Carnal Flower
- 30-06-20
I Love This New Narrator!
I must be in the minority here, but I love Caroline Lennon's narration. A big improvement over Sarah Coomes! Sarah had a lovely voice when she chose to tone it down, but I hated the way she did men's voices and the breathy, hyper style. I find Caroline's much more listenable, and I like how she tells the story as if she really understands and likes it. All this complaining! You may miss Sarah Coomes but Caroline Lennon is certainly not "bad."
The story itself is one of my faves in the series. It's really well done. One of the more interesting cases with a nice twist at the end.
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- Melinda Peeples
- 10-05-20
horrible narrator
Worse narrator ever. Can’t even tell who the characters are. Narrator for previous was so much better. probably will return and buy ebook and read it myself because i love the series.
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- Anna
- 31-03-20
Good story, missing old narrator
I always love the books from this series. I read this one first and am now listening to the audio version. I am very disappointed they changed narrator though. I very much preferred Sarah Coomes. Not sure if I'll buy the next audiobook as well.
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- amazon woman
- 14-03-20
Great except for narration.
Not sure what happened but the usual narrator for the Maeve Kerrigan series changed in this book, and not for the better. Not only did she have a different voice but the accent seemed off as well. It made listening to the story much harder.
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